Speed cameras

[Cockney_si]

Ever noticed that in most places where speed cameras are placed on long stretches of road the speed limit signs are smaller?

Why don't they put cameras above the speed limit signs?

[Panic Button]

No, the repeaters signs are always smaller than the original sign when the limit changed.

Perhaps you are just paranoid?

[Cockney_si]

Not paranoid, no it's just that sometimes when I see a speed camera sign I check my speed and then have no clue what speed you should be doing.

[Panic Button]

What a terrible confession.

Just wait until Norman logs on!

[Loosehead]

tut tut, speed cameras are not about preventing speeding, they are about collecting dosh. Why would they give you a clue and spoil all the fun?

[New Judge]

Whatever the rights and wrongs are of speed cameras, Panic Button is quite right. It is only the repeater signs (which are not required by law but are only provided for your convenience) that are smaller. The official speed limit signs are of a standard size and height above the ground, and must be place on both sides of the road where the speed limit changes.

The whole issue of speed cameras is very contentious and not one I want to become involved in. However, you should remember that it is the driver�s responsibility to remember what the prevailing speed limit is and to drive within that limit. After all, town centre CCTV cameras do not have a notice attached to them saying �No Fighting� or �No Mugging� do they?

[Panic Button]

I disagree Loosehead.

What more clues do you want than signs with cameras on, and bright yellow paint on the cameras?

They are about getting people to observe the speed limits, particularly at places with poor accident records.

[Gef]

Agree with Panic Button 100%. If you are are speeding and get caught it is YOUR fault not the fault of the camera. Why not judt dtick to the limit?

[Gef]

Sorry about the typos.

[flip_flop]

No. no no - they have nothing to do with reducing speed and everything to do with raising revenue.

'tis a tax by any other name.

[eyebrows]

all of the cameras in my area have been burnt out....literally every one.....someone must have gone on a rampage on night....

[Ashbazzman]

I just find that i spend more time watching my speedo than looking at the road when passing through speed cameras. and what about average speed cameras?

[Cockney_si]

I didn't say that I was speeding it's just that most times when the speed camera signs appear round my way they have no sign telling me what speed I'm supposed to be going.

[Panic Button]

But you should always be aware of the speed limit on the road you are on. Why aren't you?

[New Judge]

Which is what I said. Speed limits do not apply only in the vicinity of cameras.

[summersoon]

If someone was driving along a dual carriageway in a new area to him, he would assume it would be a 70mph speed limit, but in some places it may only be 50mph.

If there were no speed limit signs, then he would not know this. I think that there should be more speed limit signs along the road even if it isnt a legal requirement (for the smaller sized one). I think that is agreeing with you Cockney_si.

[cazzz1975]

lol panic, where I live almost all the camera's are placed conveniently behind tree's, road signs and bus stops, most of the time you dont see them untill you are almost driving through them...

if it was an execise in safety they would clearly mark the speed on the back of the camera and all camera's would be in plain view and not hidden, also they would put camera's where it is suitable such as outside old peoples homes , schools and hospitals instead of on the m45 where there are no records of people being run over

[Panic Button]

Speed camera on the M45? I don't think so.

I think you are mixing them up with the traffic master sensors

[Panic Button]

No. I've checked the maps. There are no fixed speed cameras on the M45.

[Gef]

Sorry to come back to this but I've been without the internet for a few days.

Cameras might well be a way of raising money but so is the council tax. I don't expect to get away with paying less council tax so why should I get away with speeding. I'm not saying I never break the limit but if I get caught I have only myself to blame - the camera didn't make me go faster.

Also, it is up to me to know what the speed limit is on any stretch of road. If I am distracted, and don't see the signs, then that it my fault.

Why can't people just accept that there are speed limits and stick to them?